Improved wash ing-mac mine



UNITED STATES SAMUEL ETTER AND It. B. NEU-MAN,

PATENT OFFICE. v

OF FAYETTEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPRovED- WASHING-MACHINE.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL ETTEE and B. B. NEUMAN, of Fayetteville, inthe county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a newand Improved Washing-Machine; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspeciiication, in which- Figure l isa longitudinal vertical section ofour machine, the section being taken in the line x w of Fig. 2, the redlines showing thev position of the rubber removed from the tub for thepurpose of affording more ready access to the clothes. Fig. 2 is a planof the same.

Similar letters of reference 'indicate corresponding parts in the twogures.

This invention consists in suspending the rubber within the tub from ashaft which is journaled at its ends in the upper ends of standardsrising from a compound lever Whichis fulcrumed at its back end to theprojecting ends of two of the supportinglegs of the tub, and connectingthe rubber to an oscillating compound lever by rods or hooks, wherebythe rubber may be easily detached from its actuat. ing-lever, and by asimple movement of the pressure-lever be turned up into such a positionas to afford convenient access to every part ofthe tub to facilitate thehandling of the clothes and the cleansing of the tub and rubber, all aswill be hereinafter fully explained.

Io enable others skilled in the art to fully understand anduse ourinvention,we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents an oblong rectangular wooden box' provided with inclinedends and supported on four legs, a a b b,which are attached by screws orotherwise to the sides of the box near each end. The lwo legs a a, infront and opposite of each other, at their upper ends are Hush with thetop of the box, and the two legs b b extend or project a short distanceabove the top of the box or tub. l Inside of the tub, and near thebottom thereof, inthe middle is a wash -board or concaverubbing-surface, which is composed of a series of rollers, c c,havingjournals at their ends which are fitted to revolve in boxes B,attached to the innersides of the tub. A greater or less number ofrollers may be used in the concave, according to the size of themachine.

C represents an oscillating rubber composed of a corrugatedrubbing-surface in lconvex form corresponding with the wash-board orconcave rubbing-surface, with larms D D extending upward from itsopposite sides. yThis rubber is suspended by its arms from a shaft, E,which extends transversely of the tub and is supported at its ends inthe upper ends of standards dd', which rise from the compound lever Fnear its back end. This lever F at its back end is fulcrumed or attachedby pivots e to the projecting ends of the legs d d 0n the inside.

H is a compound lever which is attached by pivots g g to the inner frontsides of the tub near the bottom, arid projects some distance above thetop of the tub. The oscillating rubber C is connected to and receivesits motion from the compound lever H through fthe medium of rods orhooks I I, of which there are two, one on each side. These rods or hooksare attached to the arms D D of the rubber C atone end by pivots h, andat their opposite endshave a cylindrical hole made transversely throughthem. The rods or hooks have an inverted V-shaped notch cut throughtheir bottom side into the cylindrical holes to allow them to be hookedor caught over the wrist- I pins ,which project from the inner side ofthe compound lever lH,to connect the rubber and lever together when itis desired to adapt the machine to use or to be lifted oft' when it isdesired to disconnect them to allowV the rubber C to be turned up out ofthe way to afford facilities for manipulating the clothes. By liftingthe rods I I off from the wrist-pins t' the rubber can be removed fromthe tub, without laying hands upon it, simply by turning the lever uponits pivots so as to allow its standards to rest against the upper backedge of the tub,which edge Vsupports the rubber in such a position(shown by red lines in Fig. l) over the end of the tub as to allow alldrainings or drippings to fall therein.

Operation: The requisite quantity of water is iirst put in the tub whilethe rubber is inI the position shown by red lines in Fig. 1. The clothesare then soaped and placed in the tub upon the Wash-board or rollerrubbing-surface. By taking hold of the leverF and bringing it forwardthe rubber is brought down upon the clothes. The rods or hooks I I arenow caught over the wrist-pins t' of the lever H, when the machine isready for use. The operatornow,by applying one handto the'lcver andWorking it backward and forward, imparts an oscillating motion to therubber,while his other hand is free to regulate the pressure of therubber on the clothes by raising or de-I pressing the lever F. v

The above machine is simple in its construction and operation andenables a person to perform a Washing with comparative ease anddispatch, requiring but little exertion to operate it,and doing the Workin an effectual and thorough manner.

Having thus described our invention, .what Y We claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The compound lever F, standards d d, and pivots e e, in combination withthe compound lever H, pivots g g', wrist-pins i i', hooks I 1', andrubber C,When arranged to operate in connection with the Wash-board inthe manner and for the purpose set forth. f

The above specification of our improved Washing-machine signed this 30thday of June, 1862.

SAMUEL ETTER. R. B. NEUMAN.

Witnesses:

JAMES H.`GR1DLEY, CHARLESSMITH.

